Reet Up To T'Mark 1920 Mr. Jack Pleasants

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 22 May 2002

Ev'rything is peaches in the U.S.A.
That's what all
the Yankees ragtime singers say.
You must be tired of songs in praise
of places o'er the foam,
So here's a song to sing about
a place much nearer home,
just hear the melody,
and sing it then with me.

Ev'rything in Lancashire is reet up to t'mark,
reet up to t'mark, aye,
reet up to t'mark.
That's the place where they say "Tha knows",
Eh! by gum,
they never gives a button if it snows.
Ev'rything in Lancashire is reet up to t'mark
and Blackpool is the place to have a lark.
We don't care a pot of jam
what they do in Alabam,
Ev'rything in Lancashire is reet up to t'mark.

There are fields of cotton down in Caroline,
Lancashire has reels of cotton just as fine,
Tennessee has blackeyed Susans,
they may be alright
but Lancashire has blackeyed Lizzies
ev'ry Sat'day night,
Although it may be grand,
way down in Dixieland.

Ev'rything in Lancashire is reet up to t'mark,
reet up to t'mark, aye,
reet up to t'mark.
That's the place where they say "Tha knows",
Eh! by gum,
they never gives a button if it snows.
Ev'rything in Lancashire is reet up to t'mark
and Blackpool is the place to have a lark.
We don't care a pot of jam
what they do in Alabam,
Ev'rything in Lancashire is reet up to t'mark.

Now I'd like to hear you sing this little song,
never mind if you should get
the words all wrong,
sing it out so loud that in New York
they'll hear the din,
and all the coons in Alabam
will soon be joining in;
Each one may take his part,
Now this is where you start.

Ev'rything in Lancashire is reet up to t'mark,
reet up to t'mark, aye,
reet up to t'mark.
That's the place where they say "Tha knows",
Eh! by gum,
they never gives a button if it snows.
Ev'rything in Lancashire is reet up to t'mark
and Blackpool is the place to have a lark.
We don't care a pot of jam
what they do in Alabam,
Ev'rything in Lancashire is reet up to t'mark.

Ev'rything in Lancashire is reet up to t'mark,
reet up to t'mark, aye,
reet up to t'mark.
That's the place where they say "Tha knows",
Eh! by gum,
they never gives a button if it snows.
Ev'rything in Lancashire is reet up to t'mark
and Blackpool is the place to have a lark.
We don't care a pot of jam
what they do in Alabam,
Ev'rything in Lancashire is reet up to t'mark.

Ev'rything in Lancashire is reet up to t'mark,
reet up to t'mark, aye,
reet up to t'mark.
That's the place where they say "Tha knows",
Eh! by gum,
they never gives a button if it snows.
Ev'rything in Lancashire is reet up to t'mark
and Blackpool is the place to have a lark.
We don't care a pot of jam
what they do in Alabam,
Ev'rything in Lancashire is reet up to t'mark.

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Reet Up to T'Mark 1920
by Arthur E. Carthy
copyright MCMXX by Herman Darewski Music Pub Co., London
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Wednesday 22 May 2002 at 08.35
in association with Doug Grierson
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Sung by Mr. Jack Pleasants
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